How to Configure Outlook Express for WiFi

From searching websites to accessing web-based email, Wi-Fi allows you to access the Internet wirelessly from a variety of places around the world. Wi-Fi networks can connect multiple devices—not just computers, but also smartphones and video consoles. You can even access your Outlook Express email account with Wi-Fi. To configure the connection, you need to make a modification to the way Outlook Express recognizes an Internet connection. If you subscribe to a Wi-Fi service, like AT&T's Wi-Fi, you can even set up another email address tied to the Wi-Fi service.

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Outlook Express Configuration for an Existing Email Account

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Click on the Outlook Express icon on your computer's Desktop to open the program or click on the program name on the "All Programs" menu.

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Enter the email address from step 6 in the box next to the wording "Account name:."

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Enter the password for the email address in the box next to the wording "Password:."

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Click the check box by "Remember Password" so you don't have to enter the password each time.

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Click "Next" then "Finish."

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Double-click on your new Wi-Fi email account. Click on the "Servers" tab. If your Wi-Fi service requires authentication, click on the check box by the wording "My Server Requires Authentication" under the heading "Outgoing Mail Server."

If your Wi-Fi service does not require authentication, skip to step 18.

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Click "Apply" then "OK."

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Click "Close." You have now set up a new Wi-Fi email account for a Wi-Fi service.